We’ve got 4 657e in behind our house digging a pond, and putting in a sub division, this has to be one of the best videos of scrappers I’ve seen, thank you for making this video, also clarity is clearest I’ve ever seen. Again thanks, new sub.
Man O man that takes me back to being a kid making the same noise going down them hills rippin an a roarin! Of course my machines said tonka! Hahaha what fun!! Thanks for posting
Probably the 50th time I've watched this vid... Makes me want to go find a place I can run a scraper... Wrenched on 627's and 637's for 20 yrs, about time to get out and break one for a change. I HATE fixing them but this looks like pure clean fun to me!
The pile IS the fill area. The rock trucks started it and squared it out, but then another site had a couple 657s available so I put them to work. I had never intended on using scrapers hence the pile being built the way it was but as you see the twins made short work of turning it into a scraper pile.
We use to take Scrapers off of hills so steep that dirt would come over top of the apron and hit the back of the cab. Good video. I believe they were 651 single engine.
Damn Skippy it does. But I got mad at the owner of an excavation company I worked for in Fort Worth Texas and decided one day I was gonna flip one over. And you know what? I could not do it! Very tough and cat like (excuse the pun) machines, despite looking otherwise
Awesome vid👌! Worked with a very well known British Scraper firm called Neil Becher on a job years ago and they use to do exactly this with 657B's & 637 Push/Pulls. They were fascinating to watch😮!!
One final thought. Wear hearing protection. I first noticed I was losing my hearing listening to the high pitched hydraulic scream from the front power unit. Man, that's been 40 years ago but it was the best job I ever had. Movin' dirt, it don't get no better than that!
Originally this stockpile was being built with trucks, so you build it shaped like a box so the trucks can dump off the edge. Plans changed and we started moving material with scrapers which have to dump going up over the pile rather than being able to back in and dump. This forced us to round off the pile making it into an inverted U shape.
Thats a double good on that. We once had a new freeway goin through a fairly populated area and the TV cameras were there with the whinging neighbours and i got in on the act and they asked me about some stuff to which i replied "the sooner the 11,s and 51,s are in here the better" there was not 1 person in the group of 50 or so that had any clue what i was on about but it was funny as phuck to me.
The 657E was a hoss ! I ran these for years when they came out ! It's a crying shame that environmentalist and Dumbocrats have stopped these powerful creations! Those 3412 in front and 3408 in the back together kicked out around 1000 hp that was like a V8 gas motor on steroids! I've been around scrapers for years! These was first ones I ever seen could haul a full load heaped and shift up while going up hill! Last ones I ran where G series and they where just plain doggy! Lucky to pick up dirt down hill!
As a mechanic i hate 657e and 657k scrapers. They are piles of junk that break down all the time. The aftertreatment and electronics on the 657k drive me insane. I hate the v12 and the v8 on the 657e cause they are a pain in the ass to work on and pull. Parts and schematics are a nightmare. I do love the 657g. Easiest scraper to work on, a blend of old school and modern technology, and are more dependable. Fuck j-pipe and hoses on all 657 scrapers
i drove these 657, 637,627,651,631,terex ts14 and,ts24,they are great things to drive and can be good fun and dangerous to but what the hell magic days and worked with some of the best drivers to
Ive operated heavy equipment for half a century! YOU DON'T DRIVE THEM YOU OPERATE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT! EVEN A MONKEY CAN DRIVE THEM! IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MATERIALS THAT COUNT! WHAT A JOKE, DRIVING!
